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DIOXIN FORMATION: THE BURN BARREL STUDY
Citation:
Lemieux*, P M., B K. Gullett*, C. C. Lutes, C. K. Winterrowd, AND D. Winters. DIOXIN FORMATION: THE BURN BARREL STUDY. Presented at 8th Annual North American Waste-to-Energy Conference, Nashville, TN, 5/22-24/2000.
Description:
The paper reports results from tests designed to examine some of the factors influencing the emissions of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDDs/Fs) from burn barrels. Results from PCDDs/Fs and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are reported, along with reults from statistical analyses of the influence of waste compositional and combustion variables on their emissions. (NOTE: The uncontrolled burning of household waste in barrels has recently been implicated as possibly being a major source of PCDDs/Fs. In addition to PCDDs/Fs, other similar pollutants such as coplanar PCBs are also emitted from burn barrels).